Lap by Lap: Lucas Oil 200 won by Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch earns back-to-back victories, scoring the victory in the Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway.

 

Green flag

Darrell Wallace Jr. pulls aheads of Chase Elliott while Jeb Burton and Ryan Blaney battle for third. Caution Peters spun, with Gresham and Towley are spinning. Gresham gets into Peters and then Gresham spins behind. Townley spins trying to avoid Peters.

Restart lap 8 Darrell Wallace Jr. pulls ahead of Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney

Lap 12 Wallace Jr. leads Elliott, Blaney, Burton, Crafton, Busch, Sauter, Chastain, Gaughan and Hornaday

Lap 21 Crafton passes Burton for fourth

Lap 31 Crafton passes Blaney; Busch passes Burton – Dillon is done

Lap 33 Quiroga passes Hornaday for 10th

Lap 37 Wallace Jr leads Elliott Crafton Blaney Busch Burton Sauter Chastain Gaughan and Quiroga

Lap 43 Busch passes Blaney for fourth. Gaughan and Quiroga pass Chastain.

Caution lap 44 Norm Benning spins. Leaders hit pit road for tires and fuel. Elliott leads Wallace Crafton Burton off pit road. Scratch that, Chase Elliott was speeding in the last segment so he will start at the tail end of the longest line. Wallace to the lead.

Restart lap 51 Wallace clears Crafton off of turn two

Lap 52 Wallace leads Crafton Burton Blaney Busch Sauter Gaughan Peters Quiroga Coulter

Lap 53 Guaghan passes Sauter

Lap 56 Peters, Quiroga and Coulter pass Sauter for position

Caution lap 64 CJ Faison gets loose, hitting the turn four wall, and then hitting the inside walll

Restart lap 70 Darrell Wallace Jr pulls ahead of Crafton off of turn two

Lap 72 Wallace leads Crafton Blaney Busch Burton Gaughan Peters Coulter Quiroga Townley

Lap 76 Chase Elliott passes Townley for 10th

Lap 89 Wallace leads Crafton Busch Blaney Burton Gaughan Peters Elliott Coulter Quiroga

Lap 95 Busch passes Wallace for second

Lap 100 Wallace leads Busch Crafton Blaney Burton Gaughan Peters Elliott Coulter Quiroga

Lap 114 Wallace leads Busch Crafton Blaney Burton Elliott Gaughan Peters Coulter Quiroga

Lap 121 Wallace and Crafton pit. Busch to the lead.

Lap 122 Busch, Guaghan, Blaney pit – lead hands over to Elliott

Lap 126 Coulter and Chastain pit. Chastain too fast on pit road

Lap 127 Quiroga pits.

72 to go Burton pits

70 to go Elliott leads George Jr., Hornaday Starr Bodine Buescher Busch Wallace Holman Crafton

66 to go Elliott pits, handing the lead over to Tim George Jr.  Elliott too fast exiting off pit road.

54 to go Pit cycle complete. Busch leads Wallace by four seconds.

46 to go Busch leads Crafton Wallace Blaney Peters Gaughan Coulter Burton Quiroga Townley

Caution 42 to go debris on the backstretch. Leaders head down pit road. Crafton leads Busch Wallace Blaney Peters Gaughan off pit road.

Restart lap 164

KyBusch takes lead. 31 to go.

Lap 171 Busch leads Crafton and Blaney

Caution 21 to go debris. 13 cars on lead lap. DWallaceJr among four that pitted. Leader Busch stays out. Chase Elliott among those that pitted. Top eight stayed out, Wallace will restart ninth with tires. Kyle Busch leads Crafton Blaney Peters Gaughan Coulter to green

Restart lap 184 Peters passes Blaney; Coulter passes Gaughan

Lap 188 Busch leads Crafton Peters Blaney Coulter Gaughan Wallace

Lap 190 Tim George Jr. smoking with an apparent engine issue. No caution yet

Caution 9 laps to go George was actually smoking due to tire rub and the tire goes down to bring out the caution. On restart: KyBusch Crafton Peters RBlaney Coulter Gaughan DWallaceJr CElliott JebBurton Sauter Townley Hornaday Quiroga Starr.

Restart 4 to go Busch clears the field while Crafton and Blaney battle for second. Crafton clears Blaney in turn three

3 to go Busch leads Crafton Blaney Elliott Gaughan Peters Sauter Coulter Burton Wallace

Kyle Busch wins two in a row! Crafton Blaney Elliott Gaughan Peters Sauter Coulter Burton Wallace

Unofficial Race Results
Lucas Oil 200, Dover
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Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
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1 5 51 Kyle Busch(i) Toyota 0
2 7 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 43
3 4 29 Ryan Blaney # Ford 41
4 2 94 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 41
5 15 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 39
6 14 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 38
7 10 98 Johnny Sauter Toyota 37
8 24 18 Joey Coulter Toyota 36
9 3 4 Jeb Burton # Chevrolet 35
10 1 54 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Toyota 36
11 18 7 John Wes Townley Toyota 33
12 12 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. Chevrolet 32
13 8 77 German Quiroga # Toyota 31
14 22 81 David Starr Toyota 31
15 20 31 James Buescher # Chevrolet 29
16 11 19 Ross Chastain Ford 28
17 28 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 27
18 21 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 26
19 25 13 Todd Bodine Toyota 25
20 17 75 Caleb Holman Chevrolet 24
21 27 60 Dakoda Armstrong Chevrolet 23
22 26 99 Bryan Silas Ford 22
23 16 27 Jeff Agnew Chevrolet 21
24 13 24 Brennan Newberry # Chevrolet 20
25 19 5 Tim George Jr. Chevrolet 20
26 33 59 Kyle Martel Chevrolet 18
27 32 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Chevrolet 17
28 9 8 Max Gresham Chevrolet 16
29 35 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 15
30 29 7 CJ Faison Chevrolet 0
31 6 3 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 13
32 31 84 Mike Harmon(i) Chevrolet 0
33 30 50 Danny Efland(i) Chevrolet 0
34 23 93 Chris Jones Chevrolet 10
35 36 0 Chris Lafferty 9
36 34 38 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 0
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